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 THIRTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess.1I.· Ch. 55. 1814. 137 tracts to rescind, alter, abridge, and enlarge, with consent of the parties thereto respectively; and to lease, sell, convey, transfer, and bind by their contracts, deeds and writings, under the hand of the president and the seal of the company, all the property, estate, common stock, and joint funds of the said company, subject to the ratification of the stockholders, or a majority of them, at some general meeting, if the value of the matter in question shall exceed fifteen hundred dollars, but not the persons or separate property of themselves, or any of the stockholders. corporation Sec. 10. And be it_fLn·therenacted, That the said corporation may maY Purchase purchase and hold in fee simple or otherwise, all such lands and real md hjfd '"I estates suitable for the erection of the necessary works, and that may be pmpe y` necessary in whole or in part, for the proper accomplishment of their undertaking, as they shall adjudge proper, and for that purpose may direct from the usual course, at such place or places as they shall think fit, any stream or streams of water which they may think suitable for the purpose, or any part or parts thereof, on the said corporationis first obtaining the consent of all persons having any right or interest in the stream or streams so to be diverted in whole or in part, or in the lands through which such stream or streams may be intended to pass, after being so diverted; and the said corporation shall have full power and authority to make and lay conduits or tunnels for the conveyance of the said water, under and along any public highway, or any street or streets, lane or lanes, alley or alleys, of Georgetown, District of Columbia, for the purpose of conveying and distributing the said water, and the said conduits or tunnels from time to time to renew and repair, and for such purposes, to dig, break up, and open, at their own expense, all or any part of such highway, streets, lanes, and alleys, and of the middle or side pavements thereof, leaving at all times a sufficient passage-way for carriages, horse and foot passengers, and restoring forthwith to their former condition all such highways, streets, lanes., and alleys, and the pavements thereof, as may be at any time so dug, opened, or taken up. 11. (And be it further enacted, That the corporation shall have They; may es. · full power and authority to establish reservoirs and public fountains in *“l?l’S §’S°'éu such parts of the streets and squares of the said town as they may think ¥;;;:,2s,p§c_° proper, and to grant to all persons whomsoever, and to all bodies politic and corporate, the privilege of using the said water so to be introduced, in such manner, and on such terms and conditions, and in such quanti— ties respectively, as they shall think fit; and the said water so to be in— troduced, together with all reservoirs, canals, tunnels, engines, buildings, and machines whatever, to be by them made and used for the purpose of introducing, raising, and distributing the said water, to hold to them, their successors, and grantees forever, as their sole and exclusive property. _ Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the corporation aforesaid b5'l';gl:'£t:° shall insert, or grant permission to the corporation of Georgetown, Dis- the c,,,,,,,,,,,,,,};, trict of Columbia, to insert and repair at the expense of the town, such of Georgetown a number of fire-plugs as to them shall appear necessary, into the pipes fm °f°"l’°“s°* used to convey the water through the streets thereof, to be used only in case of fire, but free from any charge for a supply of water. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That if shall and may be lawful Delinquent for the said president and directors to call and demand from the said Elrl};§'tl;‘;‘;t° subscribers respectively, all such sums of money by them subscribed in Shams_ instalments, not exceeding two dollars each, under pain of forfeiture of their shares, and of all previous payments thereon, to the said president, _ directors, and company; Provided, That no such demand shall be made Pfov1S<>· without twenty days’ previous notice being given in two newspapers of the District of Columbia: And provided also, That not more than one pmviw such payment shall be called for or required in any term of three months. 18 M 2